Jaime Castrillon celebrates his game-winning goal in the 83rd minute against the Montreal Impact.

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There’s an old adage in soccer: Sometimes the ball just doesn’t bounce your way. But on a windy night at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, the ball bounced just the Rapids’ way — a couple times in fact, thanks to the high winds — right off the crossbar and onto the head of Jaime Castrillon, who put away the game winner against Montreal in the 83rd minute.

Already without starting forwards Conor Casey (who missed the game due to a hamstring injury he picked up in last week’s draw against Sporting KC), and Omar Cummings (who is still nursing an ankle sprain), the Rapids’ front line looked thin and at times struggled to engage each other in positive play.

But goals from Jeff Larentowicz, on a penalty, and headers from Drew Moor and Castrillon gave the Rapids an unlikely 3-2 victory. It came in the wake of centerback Tyrone Marshall’s red card in the 61st minute after getting a deserved second yellow card, putting the home team down a man against expansion side the Montreal Impact.

For a team with several fill-ins at forward, midfield and in defense, the Rapids have something positive to build on going into their three week break, pausing now for the European championships and U.S. Open Cup. The Rapids don’t play an MLS game again until they travel to Vancouver for a game on June 16.

Daniel was first introduced to soccer at age 6 while living in Düsseldorf, West Germany. He played youth soccer in West Germany until age 9, and then in Seattle, where he is originally from. He works as the day breaking news editor and also contributes on the Rapids beat.